Try the following websites with your child to reinforce the letter, sound, and decoding concepts taught in class. You may need to provide some initial instruction, but the children should be able to perform the games independently once they are familiar with the format. Some of the activities do contain advertisements, but they are still good practice!
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/picturematch/ Match the picture to the beginning sound. Select "Beginning Letter Sounds", enter your name and type in letters or choose random. You may want to begin with the letters we have covered so far m, n, t, r, s, p, c, a, f, d.
http://www.ictgames.com/phonemeFlop_v4.html Letter sounds (phonemes). Begin by clicking on a circle next to the letters you want to practice. Click on the letters that make the target sound so that they fall into the basket below to earn points.
Reading Websites
Try the following websites with your child to reinforce the letter, sound, and decoding concepts taught in class. You may need to provide some initial instruction, but the children should be able to perform the games independently once they are familiar with the format. Some of the activities do contain advertisements, but they are still good practice!
Short Vowel Words
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/flags.html - select a or i words to spell
Letter Sounds/Beginning Sounds of Words
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/picturematch/ Match the picture to the beginning sound. Select "Beginning Letter Sounds", enter your name and type in letters or choose random. You may want to begin with the letters we have covered so far m, n, t, r, s, p, c, a, f, d.
http://www.ictgames.com/phonemeFlop_v4.html Letter sounds (phonemes). Begin by clicking on a circle next to the letters you want to practice. Click on the letters that make the target sound so that they fall into the basket below to earn points.
http://www.abcya.com/alphabet_matching_game.htm Match the letter cards to the object that begins with that letter.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ears.html Find the missing sound in the word.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm - Clifford game to match words with same beginning sound.
Letter Naming
http://www.boowakwala.com/alphabet/online-alphabet-game.html Name the letter - (kids will like the British accent and the fact that they say "zed" instead of "Z").
http://www.abcya.com/uppercase_lowercase_letter_matching.htm
http://www.starfall.com/(focus on ABC’s)
http://ziggityzoom.com/onlinegames.php?game=letter-blaster
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/teddybearPicnic_v2.html (choose “Match Case” activity)